Each individual should evaluate the WPC's agenda

March 5, the Free Press printed Dave Daugharty’s letter re: Washington Policy Center (WPC) and six related issues.

Dave — a long time colleague/friend — and I both wish the best for our country, our state and our people but have differing views on what that means. I wish to address each of his six points.

1. Dave’s claim: A supermajority needed for state tax increases will “ensure tyranny by the minority.” He then asks if such represents democracy. Of course not. The United States has never been a democracy but rather a representative republic — deliberately chosen by our founders to prevent t...